Welcome to Clark County, Washington

Map courtesy of Mike Sweeney

My name is Alice Allen, and I will be your host in Clark Co.
Formed in 1844, and originally named Vancouver County (changed to Clark
in 1849), Clark County is the oldest county in Washington state, and is
home to one of the oldest settlements in Washington -- Vancouver. Named
for Captain George Vancouver,a British explorer who actually never
explored the mighty Columbia River or saw the site of his namesake
city, Ft. Vancouver was established in 1825 by Dr. John McLoughlin of
the Hudson's Bay Company. As settlers pushed north out of Oregon to the
land across the Columbia River, the Hudson's Bay Company eventually
gave up its Fort and trading business in the area, and Vancouver--the
city--was born.

This web site has been developed to assist the Clark County
researcher who is looking for their family who lived here at one time.
We offer links to many records to assist you, as well as transciptions
of records. This web site is always looking for new materials to share
with our fellow Clark County researchers. If you have anything that you
would care to contribute for the betterment of this web page, please
contact me. Of course, what you submit needs to be out of copyright, or
you must have permission of the copyright holder before submitting this
information. Be sure to check back to see what has been added since
your last visit!

Contact the Washington State Coordinator, Mike Sweeney, if you
are interested in adopting an available county in Washington, or to be
put on a mailing list for future openings. His email is
sweeney2@wolfenet.com. Copy this address to your email template.

Join Rootsweb's Clark County Mailing List

Have a question about your Clark County Washington family? Join
this mailing list for help with your genealogy queries about your Clark
County family. Here are the instructions:

To subscribe, address your email to:WACLARK-request@rootsweb.com
Type the word "subscribe" in both the subject line and body of your
email (leave out the quotation marks) and send it on its way.

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Again, type the word "subscribe" in both subject and body of your email
(without the quotation marks).

As a service to our researchers, I am including links to
Clark
County's neighbors. Clark County residents living close to a county
line may have done business in their neighboring county, including
doctors and other services. LaCenter is on the northern border of
Clark County, for example. Across the river is the town of Woodland,
in Cowlitz County. In eastern Clark County, Washougal is close to the
border of Skamania County. And many Clark County residents, even today,
go to neighboring Portland (Multnomah County) Oregon for doctors,
hospitals, and other services. If you can't find your Clark County
family member here, take a look at our neighbors.